LXXVII. CONI'FERE: THU'JA. 1071 
arbor vite, by its more dense habit of growth, by its branches being chiefly 
turned upwards, and by its leaves or scales being smaller, closer together, 
and of alighter green. It is amore compact-growing and handsomer species 
than the American arbor vite, and quite hardy in the climate of London, 
where, in fine seasons, it ripens seeds. These are generally sown in pots im- 
mediately after they are gathered in autumn, in which case the plants come 
up the following summer ; but, if the seeds are not sown till spring, they fre- 
quently do not come up for a year. Layers generally require two years to 
root sufficiently ; and cuttings are rather more difficult to strike than those of 
T. occidentalis. In a young state, the plants are somewhat tender ; but they 
become quite hardy when old, even in the climate of Edinburgh. 
§ iil. Cypartssa. 
T. cupressdides L. a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and 7. pénsilis 
Lamb., a native of China, exemplify this section, and are described at length 
in our first edition, but they are too tender for the open garden. 
£ 5. T. pe’nputa Lamb. The pendulous, or weeping, Arbor Vite. 
Identification. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 2. t. 67. 
Synonymes. ? T. filiférmis Lodd. ; ? Juniperus flagelliférmis Hort. (See Nos. 4. and 5. in p. 1076.) 
Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 2. t. 67.3; our fig. 1994. to our usual scale; and jig. 1993. of the 
natural size. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves opposite and decussating, spreading, lanceolate, mu- 
cronulate, keeled, somewhat distant. Cones globose. Scales convex, 
smooth. Branches filiform, pendulous. (Zamb.) Branches very iong, 
hanging down in the most graceful manner ; light green. Cones globose, 
about the size of a wild cherry, 6-valved; valves roundish, very thick, 
fungous, externally convex, smooth. A low evergreen tree. Chinese 
Tartary. Height?. Introduced in 1800, or probably before. 
Only two large plants are known to be 
in Britain, one in the Chelsea Botanic KW Oy i aS 
Garden, and the other in the arboretum at Gen hi 
Kew; from both of which cuttings have i 
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1993. T. péndula. 1994. 7". péndula. 
been struck in 1837 and 1838. A very remarkable and very desirable 
species ; quite hardy, and not very difficult to propagate. 
T. filiformis Lodd. (probably 7’. péndula Lamd.), of which there are young 
ants in the collection at Hackney, is noticed in our first edition; and 7. 
dolabrata L., a large lofty tree, a native of Japan, is described at length, but 
not yet introduced. 
